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Dick Pirozzolo

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"Escape from Saigon - Novel" by Dick Pirozzolo and Michael Morris

Excerpts and information about Vietnam then and now are at: https://www.escapefromsaigon.com

Dick is a journalist, author and communication consultant who has lived and worked in Boston for most of his career. He has written several books on traditional homebuilding, television and the oriental rug trade and his articles have appeared in The Boston Herald, The Washington Times, Transpacific, Yankee and Consumers' Digest.

His debut novel "Escape from Saigon - a Novel," coauthored with Michael Morris, was inspired by the journalists and bar owners, Embassy folks and the many Vietnamese citizens living in Saigon. Principal characters in this Vietnam War novel are Lisette Vo, NBS- ...more

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Read poetry -- it's like lubrication for the language part of your brain

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Start with something already down "on paper" from a previous work, having one or two sentences makes that big white screen less formidable.

Make circle diagrams on paper -- write down the name of your main character(s) and then create other circles containing the names of characters who interact with that character. Join them with arrows. Then write down a line of dialogue along the arrow. Get's out from in front of the blasted computer screen.

Take the advice of Lowney Handy who mentored James Jones "From Here to Eternity"-- copy the work of others. Typing every word focuses your attention much more sharply than merely reading on what the author is thinking and why he or she handled a passage in a certain way.

And if all else fails. Walk the dog.

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A businesswoman looks at "Escape from Saigon - a Novel"

The strong female lead character propels the story for me

Guest Review by Judy George

I started reading ��Escape from Saigon�� on a Friday and couldn��t put it down until I finished it on Sunday.

As a woman who broke into the male-dominated business world during the Vietnam War, I felt the novel created the perfect archetype of the women��s
liberation pioneers with female protagonist Lisette

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“When I crawled down the rabbit hole into the pivotal event of my life--indeed the pivotal event of my generation--to write "Escape from Saigon - a Novel" I never expected it to be such an emotional journey into a life I left four decades ago.”
― Dick Pirozzolo, Escape from Saigon

tags: air-force, history, media, press, saigon, veterans, vietnam, vietnam-war, war

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